Wednesday, May 22, 1974

Corona 129

 1968-098A


KH-4B Mission 1105 was launched on 1968 Nov 3 by Thorad Agena D from Vandenberg. Both SRVs were recovered. A DISIC camera was not carried on mission 1105; it was the first flight to use SO-380 UTB film as its primary load, and an end tag with a smal amount of SO-121 aerial color film. Image quality with the SO-380 was variable but more of the new film type could be loaded on the satellite, giving extra coverage.


KH-4B Mission 1105 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1968 Nov 3  2130 Launch by LTTAT Agena D  V SLC3W 
 2131  Launch (PerfER) 
 2131 Castor sep 
 2133 Thor sep 
 2134 Agena burn 
 2138 Agena MECO 
1968 Nov 6  0438  DMU-1 burn 
1968 Nov 7  0712  DMU-2 burn 
1968 Nov 7  1700  88.90 150 x 288 x 82.2 (RAE) 
1968 Nov 8  2137  DMU-3 burn 
1968 Nov    88.8 174 x 284 x 82.1 (SATCAT) 
1968 Nov 10  0309  DMU-4 burn, failed 
 1334  DMU-5 burn 
1968 Nov 11  2325?  SRV-1 ejected rev 131D 
1968 Nov 11  2359 SRV-1 recovered 
 17 22 N 164 20 W 
1968 Nov 12  0500?  DMU-6 burn rev 135  
1968 Nov 12  2148  DMU-7 burn r146 
1968 Nov 14  0302  DMU-8 burn r182  
1968 Nov 15  1433  DMU-9 burn r206 
1968 Nov 15    88.7 148 x 284 x 82.1 (SSR) 
1968 Nov 15    88.78 146 x 286 x 82.14 (EPH) 
1968 Nov 16  2136  DMU-10 burn r227 
1968 Nov 17  1957  DMU-11 burn r242 
1968 Nov 19  1026  DMU-12 burn r268  
1968 Nov 21 2134? SRV-2 ejected rev 292D 
1968 Nov 21  2215 SRV-2 recovered 
 19 37 N 161 45 W 
1968 Nov 23  1840?Reentered

Spaceflight: January 1974

 https://welib.org/md5/7634d18b7caf5e622a1c2064e4c31a2d

Sunday, May 19, 1974

Kosmos 19

 1963-033A


DS-P1 No. 3 was launched in Aug 1963 as Kosmos-19, replacing the failed DS-P1 No. 2 launch. It transmitted information on cosmic rays and atmospheric density until its reentry in Mar 1964.


Kosmos-19 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1963 Aug 6  0600  Launch by 63S1  GTsP4 
 0602 Stage 2 burn 
 0608 Stage 2 sep 
   267 x 497 x 49.0 
1964 Mar 30  0740? Reentered 

Payload:

  • PRO calibration

  • Cosmic radiation expt

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